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Tuesday, April 17, 2018

My 1969 Topps Set is Complete!

I recently requested and received a shipment from COMC.  I hadn't had anything shipped since the free shipping on Black Friday but after picking up the last few cards for my 1969 Topps set I had little patience and decided to have my 176 card inventory delivered so the cards for my 69 set would all be in hand.

Here are the final 3 cards, all of HOFers, that put the end to my 1969 set quest. 


First up is a rookie card of HOF Manager Bobby Cox from back in his playing days.  One of the highlights of the 1969 set has to be the awesome All-Star Rookie cup.


Next up is another rookie HOFer, Rollie Fingers.  This pic of him in his pre-handlebar days makes him almost unrecognizable.  I think I had a copy of this card at one point and decided to trade it away before going after this set.


Finally, a great looking card of HOF Ted Williams as manager of the Washington Senators.  This is a card I am certain I had previously and I recall sending it to another blogger who I think needed it as the last card for his set.  Fitting that it was the last card I had in my possession to finish off my set.

This set quest started with a flurry of activity with the purchase of a partial set and a bunch of singles.  When I first posted back at the beginning of 2017 I only needed 41 cards.  It took about 15 months to get those last 41 cards, not too bad for a 1960s vintage set.  It was a blast to put this together and now it is time to figure out which set quest to embark upon next!
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12 comments:

  1. JonApril 17, 2018 at 11:24 AM

    Congratulations on completing your set! It's pretty impressive too that you were able to do it in such a relatively short amount of time.

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  2. night owlApril 17, 2018 at 11:43 AM

    Congrats! Weird set, but I have a childhood connection to it that makes me want to own its cards.

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  3. EPApril 17, 2018 at 12:17 PM

    Congratulations! I have a lot yet to go with 1970-1972. But someday 1969 will be in my crosshairs too.

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  4. Johnnys Trading SpotApril 17, 2018 at 12:54 PM

    Fantastic. I'm a long way from completing mine. But, hopefully after a trade with Bo I'll be able to have it in my sights.

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  5. The Angels In OrderApril 17, 2018 at 2:37 PM

    Great job nice accomplishment.

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  6. AngusApril 17, 2018 at 3:45 PM

    Congratulations on completing the set!

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  7. Mark HoyleApril 17, 2018 at 3:47 PM

    Nice job Congrats. I may try this one someday

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  8. Brett AlanApril 17, 2018 at 6:50 PM

    Congratulations. As someone just happy to be closing in on completing a 1980 Topps set, I'm more than impressed when someone can complete a classic like this.

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  9. Community GumApril 17, 2018 at 7:28 PM

    Congratulations! Don't start a new one too quickly. Bask in the glory for a while first

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  10. AnonymousApril 17, 2018 at 8:42 PM

    Congrats on competing this set. It's a good year for it, what with Heritage paying homage. Nice way to end it, with the Ted Williams manager card.

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  11. FujiApril 18, 2018 at 4:40 AM

    Congratulations! Great way to wrap up this set. As for that Fingers... even Mr. Floyd doesn't recognize Rollie without his 'stache.

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  12. Greg ZakwinApril 19, 2018 at 12:32 AM

    Congrats! Love the '69 set. The Bench is one of my all-time faves.

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